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Ladies and gentlemen of the civil service : middle-class workers in Victorian America / Cindy Sondik Aron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aron, Cindy Sondik, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil service--United States--History--19th century.
- Civil service.
- Women in the civil service--United States--History--19th century.
- Women in the civil service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of clerical workers in US federal employment from the Civil War to 1900.
- Contents:
- Contents; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. The Gentlemen; Chapter Three. The Ladies; Chapter Four. Feminization, Rationalization, Mechanization; Chapter Five. Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, Winning a Promotion; Chapter Six. Adapting to a New Style of Middle-Class Work; Chapter Seven. Manners, Morals, and Money; Chapter Eight. Conclusion; Appendix. Sources and Methods; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-44961-6
- 0-19-536431-7
- 1-60129-650-9
- OCLC:
- 171570725
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